Hello,
The error during an in-place upgrade is "Upgrade has been disabled!" and below that it says "-Your Windows configuration cannot be upgraded."
We are trying to go from Windows Server 2008 Standard x86 to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x86. This server is not a DC but is part of a domain. Should have been easy... Below is what I have tried so far:
1. full backup
2. uninstalled SP2
3. uninstalled virus protection
4. removed the remote desktop role
5. uninstalled pGina (pGina allows us to authenticate from a Linux LDAP server)
6. I ran SFC /scannow and SUR (System Update Readiness) with 0 errors
7. ran CCleaner to repair any registry errors
8. setup a test server almost identical to production server and it does allow the upgrade
None of these worked. I cannot find any events in the event viewer as to why I can't upgrade. I installed SP2 a few months ago and have installed about 70 updates since then. When I uninstalled SP2 yesterday I did not remove 70 updates.
Now when I check for updates it is asking to install SP2. Tomorrow I am going to uninstall the 70 updates but I am doubtful this will work.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to make this work, other than a clean install of Enterprise? Is there a log file that will tell me exactly why upgrade is disabled?
